Massive San Jose Meth Bust Tied To Mexican Drug Cartel
SAN JOSE (KCBS) - Three San Jose residents charged in connection with one of the largest methamphetamine seizures in U.S. history have ties to a Mexican drug trafficking organization, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Last week, the DEA confiscated more than 750 pounds of meth in a San Jose raid with a street value of over $34 million.
"It's a crushing blow to the cartels that market the meth," said George W. Grayson, author of, Mexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State?
KCBS' Matt Bigler Reports:
He said the cartels are increasingly enlarging their meth exports as they diversify their array of products.
Suspects Alberto Rodriguez, Carlos Aguilar, and Liliana Lopez were each being held on $2 million bail.
Their apartment off of Snell Ave. was actually found by Palo Alto Police detectives who had gone there as part of an investigation into stolen iPads.
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